IMO, one of the greatest adaptations of the
pac-man video game genre (so to say). It is a
3d version of the original, taking full advantage of the space.
Why is it so cool, you ask?
Because every time you yelled at pac-man, "Dammit, just get out of the way of those stupid
ghosts... duck , dodge, do something"... you can finally have your relief!. You can jump over the ghosts! As in.. here comes a ghost... up on over you go. Aha! Take that 2d world of logic circuits.
Of course years of childhood
frustration over the original cannot be cured so late in life, but its a nice attempt. It didnt get as much popularity as the original (or anywhere near there), but several versions did make it into the
arcade and onto the
Sega genesis.
An interesting concept on the original. Slighly more realistic, if (of course) you can get paste the whole premise of ghosts and a yellow sphere eating a lot of little pills.